Mothers Day

Yesterday I spend a good chunk of time at the mall buying some great Mothers Day gifts. It was at a mall that I hate because it is SO huge, it literally has every store you could imagine. I know to some that might sound perfect…but to me, its a nightmare. I am not a shopper. I would much rather shop online or at least find gifts ideas online so I know what I’m looking for, but at the same time I wanted to put effort into my Mother’s Day gifts this year, online shopping sometimes just feels like a cop out. I find it all quite overwhelming! Last year, I found shopping so much easier because I did all of my research online beforehand. My mom is a great seamstress so I simply searched for some gifts for seamstresses online and found some things which were great! They went down a treat and she really appreciated them. However, this year I couldn’t think of anything that would top last year’s gifts so I had to go to the mall for some inspiration. However, I do love me some Last Chance {sorry to anyone that doesn’t live in AZ, therefor not having a Last Chance} but mall shopping- no thank you. Too many stores, perfumes, crying kids, etc. I also always get overwhelmed thinking about how much excess we all live in. For instance, I treated myself to a really cute belt today. It was $9, which for me was actually a little pricey compared to LC prices! By no means did I need this belt, but I liked it, and it made me happy. I just so happen to have a belt at home that looks freakishly similar to the one I just purchased, does this make ANY sense?! Nope! Why do we feel the need to buy everything in excess??

Moving off of that rant, I did get some presents for the best two moms in the world!

I want to know, do y’all have traditions for Mothers Day? I met a lady at the mall who said every mother’s day she uses Noveltystreet, a website to buy cool stuff, to buy her mom some crazy and funny gifts, rather than the traditional, candles, and chocolates, etc. She said that when she was a little girl, she bought her mom a silly gift, and well, that tradition has just stuck! I know growing up, us kids would wake up really early and ‘surprise’ my mom with a {most likely} terrible breakfast in bed. My amazing GMA also lived with us, so we did the same for her. We would go out and pick a rose or two from the front yard and make sure to include those on their trays. We would then sit on my mama’s bed and watch her eat breakfast and open our presents to her. We would LOVE this time, making her feel extra loved and cherished because that was what she was! Now, I have two moms, and I go to places like Fiesta Flowers Plants & Gifts rather than picking roses from the garden! I am married and don’t live with either mom. So instead of making my mom breakfast in bed, we are having a BBQ at our house on Mother’s Day for my family. My MIL is out of town this weekend, so next week my sister in law is having belated Mothers Day brunch at her house later. I truly love this time to celebrate them and make them feel special, because after all-they do the hardest job there is. I fully believe that being a mom is the hardest job there is, granted I’m not a mom yet, but that’s what I believe for now.

So, what are your traditions? If you are a mom, what are some things you wish or hope your kids would do for you so that I can try to implement that as well!

<3,
Adri